A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.
English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto instrument in the oboe family. The modern English horn was developed from the oboe da caccia in the 1720s, probably in Silesia. The earliest known English horn concertos were written in the 1770s, mostly by prominent oboists of the day, such as Giuseppe Ferlendis, Ignaz Malzat (and his non-oboist brother Johann Michael Malzat) and Joseph Lacher. [1] Few of these works have survived. Among the oldest extant English horn concertos are those by Josef Fiala (a period transcription of a piece originally for viola da gamba) and Anton Milling. It is known that Milling's concerti were performed in 1782 by the Italian oboist Giovanni Palestrini. [1]
Many solos in orchestral works were written for the English horn and a decent amount of chamber music appeared for it as well. However, few solo works with a large ensemble were written for the instrument until well into the 20th century. Since then the repertoire has expanded considerably. Of the 270+ concertos listed below, only 35 predate the Second World War.
Composer | Title | Year [lower-alpha 1] | Accompaniment | Length (min.) | Publisher | Record label |
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Raffaele d'Alessandro | Serenade, op. 12 | 1936 | strings and timpani | 8' | Amadeus | Pan (Qualiton) |
William Alwyn | Autumn Legend | 1954 | strings | 12' | Lengnick | Lyrita; Chandos; Naxos |
Keith Amos | Princess of the peacocks | 1995 | strings | CMA Publications | ||
Louis Applebaum | Five Snapshots [2] | 1999 | strings | |||
Jesús Arámbarri | Ofrenda a Falla | 1946 | strings | 4' | UME | Naxos |
Henk Badings | American Folks Song Suite | 1975 | winds | Peters | ||
Carlos Baguer | Concerto [lower-alpha 2] | 1801 | orchestra | |||
Matthias Bamert | Concertino | 1966 | strings | Schirmer; Schott | ||
Jeanne Barbillion | Cortège funèbre | strings | ||||
Siegfried Barchet | Concertino | 1973 | strings | Hänssler Classic | ||
Arnold Bax | Concertante for Three Solo Instruments and Orchestra [3] | 1949 | orchestra | 29' | Chapell | Chandos |
Vincenzo Benatti | Concerto in F major | 1790 | orchestra | 15' | Universal | |
Ortwin Benninghoff | Legende | 2001 | strings | |||
Warren Benson | Recuerdo [4] | 1965 | winds | 16' | Presser | Golden Crest |
Alexandre Béon | Air Lointain (Poème Symphonique) [5] | 1912 | orchestra | Lemoine | ||
Hans Willy Bergen | Bucolica | 1952 | orchestra | 3' | Bernbach; M.M. Cole and Peters | |
Lorne Betts | Elegy | 1949 | strings | CNC | ||
Oliver Corcoran Binney | Three poems | 1965 | strings | 8' | ||
Yohanan Boehm | Concerto, op. 19 | 1958 | orchestra | IMP | ||
Jo van den Booren | Suite Dionysienne, op. 10 | 1964 | strings | 13' | Donemus | |
Teresa Borràs i Fornell | Concerto, op. 116 | 1994 | strings | 20' | Tritó | |
Siegfried Borris | Concertino | 1949 | strings | Peters | ||
Neil Bramson | Concertion | 2006 | strings | Da Capo | ||
Colin Brumby | Scena for cor anglais | 1988 | strings | 9' | Phylloscopus | ABC Classics |
Victor Bruns | Concerto, op. 61 | 1978 | orchestra | Breitkopf | ||
Anthony Burgess | Concerto—OS6.3 | 1988 | orchestra | Saga | ||
Eurico Carrapatoso | Cinco peças de carácter | 2005 | strings | |||
Elliott Carter | Pastoral [lower-alpha 3] | 1988 | strings marimba | Merion | ||
André Casanova | Musique concertante | 1969 | orchestra | United Music | ||
Romeo Cascarino | Blades of Grass | 1945 | strings&harp | 7' | Lyra | Naxos |
Frits Celis | Kareol, op. 61b | 1997 | orchestra | 8'30 | Phaedra | |
Sergio Cervetti | Duelle | 1974 | strings | |||
Emmanuel Chabrier | Lamento | 1875 | orchestra | 8' | Schirmer | Naxos |
Julius Chajes | Melody and dance | 1958 | strings | Transcontinental | Archer | |
Brian Cherney | In the stillness of September 1942 | 1992 | orchestra | Doberman-Yppan | Centrediscs | |
Brian Cherney | La Princesse lointaine [2] | 2001 | harp orchestra | 18' | Doberman-Yppan | Centrediscs |
Barney Childs | Concerto | 1955 | strings harp percussion | 14' | ACE | |
Elizabeth Clark | Larghetto | 1941 | orchestra | |||
Dinos Constantinides | Threnos of Creon | 2006 | strings | Magni | ||
Robert Cummings | Concerto | 2006 | orchestra | |||
Arthur Cunningham | Dim du mim | 1969 | orchestra | Presser | ||
Michael Daugherty | Spaghetti western [6] | 1998 | orchestra | 21' | Peer Music | Equilibrium |
Gion Antoni Derungs | Elegia, op. 131/a | 1993 | harp strings | Pizzicato | ||
David Diamond | Elegy in memory of William Faulkner (No. 1 of Elegies for flute, EH, and string orch.) | 1963 | strings | 9' | Peer Music | |
Igor Dibak | Altayan Nocturne, op. 30 | 1984 | strings percussion | |||
Caspar Diethelm | Concerto, op. 37 | 1963 | harp strings | |||
Gerd Domhardt | Orpheus | 1994 | strings | |||
Gaetano Donizetti | Concertino in G major, In. 608 | 1816 | orchestra | 11' | Peters; Litolff | 8+ recordings |
Will Eisma | Indian summer | 1981 | orchestra | Donemus | ||
Roderick Elms | Il Cygnet | 2003 | orchestra | 4' | Dutton | |
Eberhard Eyser | Girondelle | 1995 | strings | SMIC | ||
Giuseppe Ferlendis | Concerto in C [lower-alpha 4] | 1790 | orchestra | KrausHaus | ||
George Fiala | Introduction et fugato | 1961 | strings | |||
Josef Fiala | Concerto in E-flat | 1780 [lower-alpha 5] | orchestra | 12' | Cesky Hudebni Fond | Philips |
Juraj Filas | Ora pro nobis, Fantaisie concertante | 2000 | orchestra | Bim Editions | ||
Ernst Fischer | First piece of “Drei Stücke” > Idylle | 1948 | orchestra | 4' | Robert Forberg | |
Anton Fladt | Concertino [lower-alpha 6] | 1810 | orchestra | Befoco | ||
Bjørn Fongaard | Concerto, op. 120, No. 7 [7] | 1976 | orchestra | 21' | NMIC | |
Matt Fossa | Festive Dances | 2006 | strings timpany | |||
Tommy Fowler | Concerto | 1995 | orchestra | |||
Luca Francesconi | Plot in fiction [4] | 1986 | orchestra | 9' | Ricordi | Metier; Attaca(2x); Megadisc |
Luca Francesconi | Secondo Concerto [lower-alpha 7] | 1991 | orchestra | 14' | Ricordi | BVHaast |
Isadore Freed | Concertino | 1953 | orchestra | [lower-alpha 8] | ||
Peter Racine Fricker | Concertante No.1, op. 13 | 1950 | strings | 13' | Schott | |
Eugenia Frothingham | Soliloquy | 1974 | orchestra | |||
Kenneth Fuchs | Eventide | 2003 | string orchestra, harp, percussion | 21' | Edward B. Marks Music Company | Naxos |
Peter Paul Fuchs | Fantasy | 1974 | strings | 12' | Belwin & Mills | |
Peter Paul Fuchs | Partita concertante, op. 43 | 1981 | strings | 10' | ||
Anis Fuleihan | Le cor anglais s'amuse | 1969 | orchestra | |||
Raphael Fusco | Capriccio Concertante | 2007 | orchestra | |||
Kenji Fusé | Elegy | 1998 | strings | |||
John Linton Gardner | The Last Prelude, op. 247 | 2003 | strings | MS | ||
René Gerber | Concertino | 1976 | orchestra | 22' | Gallo | |
Timothy Goplerud | Concerto | 2001 | orchestra | |||
Ursula Görsch | Konzertstück [4] | 1988 | orchestra | |||
Gabriel Ian Gould | Watercolors | 1998 | orchestra | 12' | Albany | |
Matthias Grimminger | Konzert | 1995 | orchestra | Artivo | ||
Richard Gross | Interlude | 1952 | strings | ACFE | ||
Urho Hallaste | Lyyrillinen sarja (Lyric Suite) | 1962 | strings | 14' | FMIC | |
Joseph Hallman | Divine Discontent | 2007 | strings harp percussion | Hallman | ||
Ted Hansen | Contrasts | 1980 | strings | 25' | Seesaw | |
A. Oscar Haugland | Concertino | 1996 | orchestra | TrevCo | ||
Nico Hermans | Ode | 1985 | strings | Donemus | ||
Jennifer Higdon | Soliloquy | 1989 | strings | Lawdon | ||
Edward Burlingame Hill | Music, op. 50 | 1943 | orchestra | 8' | ||
Sydney Phillip Hodkinson | The Edge of the Old One [8] | 1977 | strings percussion | 26' | Presser | New World |
Bernard Hoffer | Concerto | 1989 | orchestra | |||
Anders Hultqvist | Variation n.31: concerto | 1993 | orchestra | SMIC | ||
Gordon Jacob | Rhapsody [9] | 1948 | strings | 9' | Steiner & Bell; Galaxy | Golden Crest |
Stanislav Jelínek | Partita | strings | ||||
Ivo Jirasek | Podvecerni hudba | 1985 | strings | |||
Joseph Jongen | Méditation op. 21 | 1901 | orchestra | |||
Joseph Kaminski | Variations on an Israeli theme | 1958 | strings | Israeli Music Institute | ||
Maurice Karkoff | Lieder ohne Worte: Stimmungsbilder, op. 188 | 1991 | orchestra | SMIC | ||
Elena Kats-Chernin | Champagne in a Teapot | 1997 | orchestra | Boosey & Hawks | ||
Ulysses Kay | Pietà | 1950 | strings | 7' | Pembroke | |
Garrison Keillor | What an English horn player thinks | 2006 | orchestra | |||
Aaron Jay Kernis | Colored Field | 1994 | orchestra | 41' | Schirmer | Argo |
Dirk-Michael Kirsch | Jahreszeiten, Op. 18 | 2005/07 | orchestra | 28’ | ACCOLADE Musikverlag | |
Uuno Klami | Intermezzo | 1937 | orchestra | 4' | FMIC | Alba |
Erland von Koch | Fantasi över en svensk vallåt | 1975 | strings | SMIC | ||
Erland von Koch | Rondo | 1983 | strings | WarnerCh | ||
Jan Koetsier | Vision pastorale, op. 15/1 | 1937 | strings | Donemus | ||
Karl Michael Komma | Elegie und Scherzo | 1998 | orchestra | 12’ | ||
Leslie Kondorossy | Serenade, op. 11 | 1946 | orchestra | |||
Marek Kopelent | Concertino | 1984 | orchestra | 19’ | Breitkopf und Härtel | Praga |
Karl-Heinz Köper | Der Schwan von Pesaro | 1979 | orchestra | 12' | Köper Verlag | |
William Kraft | Concerto [2] | 2002 | orchestra | 19’ | Presser | |
Bernhard Krol | Serenata amorosa, op. 57 | 1972 | mandolin orchestra | Trekel | ||
Bernhard Krol | Consolazione concerto, op. 70 | 1980 | strings | Bote & Bock | ||
Herbert Küster | Bukolische serenade & Notturno | strings | Bosworth | |||
Oddvar S. Kvam | Elegy, op. 8 [7] | 1959 | strings timpany | 7' | NMIC | |
Otomar Kvěch | Cassandra and the Trojan Horse [10] | 2004 | orchestra | 10' | NMIC | |
Harold Laudenslager | Elegy (In memoriam) | 1959 | strings timpany | US-Wc | ||
Aubert Lemeland | L'automne et ses envols d'étourneaux, op. 145 | 1990 | harp strings | 12' | Billaudot | Skarbo |
Dimitrios Levidis | Divertissement, op. 25 | 1911 | orchestra | Durdilly-Hayet | ||
Gerald Levinson | From Erebus and black night | 1979 | orchestra | Philharmusic | ||
Ivana Loudová | Luminous Voice | 1985 | orchestra | C F Peters | ||
Peter Machajdík | In Embrace | 2019 | strings | 15' | ||
James MacMillan | The World's Ransoming | 1996 | orchestra | 22' | LSO;Bis | |
Bruno Maderna | Concerto n.1 [lower-alpha 9] | 1962 | orchestra | 20' | Bruzzichelli | BVHaast; Col Legno |
Bruno Maderna | Concerto n.3 [4] [5] | 1973 | orchestra | 17' | Ricordi | BVHaast; Col Legno |
Johann Michael Malzat | Concerto in E-flat | 1785 | orchestra | |||
Johann Michael Malzat | Concerto in F | 1785 | orchestra | |||
Fritz Mareczek | Sommerabend am Berg | 1956 | orchestra | Gerig; Peters | ||
John Marvin | Concerto | 2006 | orchestra | Fish Creek | ||
Nicholas Maw | Concerto | 2005 | orchestra | 20' | Faber | |
Hardy Mertens | Tone poem "Queen of Sheba", op. 125 | 1984 | winds | |||
Anton Milling | Concerto in B-flat | 1780 | strings | Molinari | ||
Walter Mourant | Elm St, Fairbury, Illinois | 1954 | strings | 7' | ACA | |
Alexandros Mouzas | Monologue | 2001 | orchestra | 13' | Naxos | |
Bernhard Eduard Müller | Abendempfindung im Gebirge, op. 12 | 1880 | orchestra | Merseburger | ||
Hans Müller-Talamona | Ballata | 1989 | orchestra | |||
Vazgen Muradian | Concerto, op. 80 | 1993 | orchestra | |||
Gösta Nystroem | Ett litet intermezzo | 1937 | strings | SMIC | ||
Leroy Osmon | A Lonely Moment Wakens | 2005 | harp strings | RBC | ||
Ian Parrott | Concerto | 1954 | orchestra | Novello | ||
Gustaf Paulson | Concerto nr 1, op. 99 | 1958 | strings timpany | SMIC | ||
Gustaf Paulson | Concerto nr 2, op. 103 | 1959 | strings | SMIC | ||
Krzysztof Penderecki | Adagietto from the "Paradise Lost" | 1979 | strings | 5' | MS | Dux |
Alain Perron | Double éclat [lower-alpha 10] | 1992 | orchestra | 8' | Doberman | Vienna Modern Masters |
Vincent Persichetti | Concerto, op. 137 [8] | 1977 | strings | 24' | Elkan | Grenadilla; New World |
Bryony Phillips | Child birth | 1949 | orchestra | |||
Astor Piazolla | Tanti anni prima (Molto cantabile) [lower-alpha 11] | 1984 | orchestra | 5' | 8+ records | |
Giuseppe Pilotti | Konzertstück in F | 1806 | orchestra | Berliner | Torofon | |
Walter Piston | Fantasy | 1952 | harp strings | 9' | AMP | Capriccio; Delos; Naxos |
Juan Bautista Plaza | Elegía | 1923 | strings | |||
David L. Post | Concerto | 1999 | orchestra | 19' | MMC (2x) | |
Archibald James Potter | Madra Líath na Mara (Grey Dog of the Sea) | 1977 | orchestra | |||
Mel Powell | Cantilena concertante | 1948 | orchestra | Schirmer | ||
Alexander Radvilovitch | Concerto | 1986 | orchestra | |||
Behzad Ranjbaran | Concerto for English Horn and Strings | 2015 | string orchestra | 16' | Presser | |
Anton Reicha | Scène (Recitative and Rondo) | 1811 | orchestra | McGinnis & Marx; Amadeus | Philips | |
Alan Ridout | Concertino | 1979 | strings | Emerson | Wirripang | |
Richard Rijnvos | Riflesso sull'acqua | 2007 | orchestra | 15' | ||
Ned Rorem | Concerto [8] [11] | 1992 | orchestra | 23' | Boosey & Hawkes | New World |
Ronald Roseman | Concertion (or Chanson) | 1983 | strings | 14' | ACE | |
Arnold Rosner | Five meditations, op. 36 | 1967 | harp strings | 18' | Laurel | |
Arne Running | Concertino, op. 4 | 1982 | strings | 18' | Shawnee | CRI |
Marjorie M. Rusche | Concerto | 1974 | orchestra | |||
Josef Rut | Concerto | 1983 | strings | 15' | ||
Herman Sandby | Romance | 1950 | harp strings | Skandinavisk | ||
François Sarhan | Cinq pièces: "Études pour la Fleur inverse“ | 2004 | orchestra | 12' | ||
Josef Schelb | Concerto | 1970 | strings | 19' | Antes | |
Harold Schiffman | Chamber Concerto | 1986 | orchestra | 17' | North/South | |
Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz | Abendländisches Lied | 1989 | orchestra | 18' | Astoria | |
Peter Seabourne | Concerto | 2013 | orchestra | 26' | ||
José Serebrier | Casi un Tango | 2002 | strings | 6' | BIS | |
Larry Shackley | Concerto | 2006 | orchestra | |||
Rodney Sharman | Song without Words [ permanent dead link ] | 2009 | orchestra | 20' | ||
Jean Sibelius | The Swan of Tuonela, op. 22/3 | 1893 | orchestra | 9' | Doblinger | 125+ records |
Stanisław Skrowaczewski | Concerto | 1969 | orchestra | 18' | Schirmer | Desto; Phoenix |
Vilnis Šmīdbergs | Concerto Symphony | 1983 | strings | 18' | Musica Baltica | |
Hale Smith | Recitative and Aria | 1995 | winds | |||
Robert Edward Smith | Concerto [12] | 2007 | orchestra | |||
Vladimír Soukup | Sonata | 1966 | strings piano | |||
Simeon Stafford | Andante | 2006 | orchestra | Da Capo | ||
Jack Stamp | Elegy | 1990 | winds | 6' | ||
Christopher Stanichar | Poem | 2005 | strings | Trevco | ||
Hans Steinmetz | Liebesruf eines Faun | 1954 | orchestra | Forberg; Trevco | ||
Allan Stephenson | Concerto | 2000 | strings | 18' | K&K Verlagsanstalt | |
David Stock | Evensong | 1985 | winds | 9' | Peters | |
Wolfgang Stockmeier | Sonata | 1969 | strings | Möseler | ||
Jan Stoeckart | Suite Pastorale [lower-alpha 12] | 1975 | harp strings | 9' | Orlando | |
Allan Burrage Stout | Intermezzo, op. 4 | 1955 | strings celesta tom-tom | Peters | ||
Otto Strobl | Musik | 1994 | orchestra | 10' | ||
Tomas Svoboda | Chorale from 15th Century, op. 52f | 1993 | strings | 4' | ||
Keith Templeman | Concerto | 2006 | orchestra | |||
Johannes Paul Thilman | Orpheus | 1969 | orchestra | Peters | ||
John Thow | Bellini Sky | 2005 | orchestra | 20' | ||
Roger Trefousse | Column | 1979 | strings | 10' | ||
Paul Turok | Canzone Concertante, op. 57 | 1980 | orchestra | 13’ | Schirmer | |
Paul Turok | Concerto, op. 73 | 1985 | strings | 15’ | Fischer | |
Pēteris Vasks | Concerto | 1989 | orchestra | 21’ | Schott | Wergo; Conifer; RCA |
Giulio Viozzi | Arioso e burlesca | 1994 | strings | Pizzicato | ||
Berthe di Vito-Delvaux | Piece Concertante, op. 105 | 1965 | orchestra | 9’ | ||
Henk de Vlieger | Concerto [lower-alpha 13] | 1992 | orchestra | 20’ | ||
Lodewijk de Vocht | Herderswijze ("Shepherd's tune") | 1908 | strings | |||
Gustave Vogt | Adagio [lower-alpha 14] | 1830 | orchestra | F-Pn 16.683 | ||
Gustave Vogt | Prière de Zingarelli, Lettre A | 1835 | orchestra | Richault | ||
Zbynek Vostrak | Kristaly (Crystals), op. 65 | 1983 | strings percussion | 13' | ||
Alarich Wallner | Konzert [4] | 1971 | orchestra | |||
Fried Walter | Traunsee | 1957 | strings harp glockenspiel | |||
Guy Warrack | Lullaby | 1950 | orchestra | 6' | Novello | |
Derek Weagle | Resplendent Sorrow | 2016 | strings and harp | 12' | Risanare Music | |
John Weinzweig | Divertimento n.11 | 1990 | strings | 13' | CMC | CMC |
Elliot Weisgarber | Autumnal Music | 1973 | strings | 15' | CMC | |
Joseph Pollard White | Concerto for Oboe d'amore | 2006 | orchestra | |||
Michel Wiblé | Nocturne | 1946 | harp orchestra | |||
Michel Wiblé | Ballade | 1955 | orchestra | |||
Michel Wiblé | Rapsodia | 1962 | strings percussion | |||
Peter Wiegold | Earth, receive an honoured guest | 2003 | strings | 18' | ||
Alec Wilder | Air | 1944 | strings | 4' | USA | Sony; Newport |
Robert Wittinger | Consonante, op. 5 | 1965 | orchestra | |||
Hugo Wolf | Italian serenade [lower-alpha 15] | 1892 | orchestra | 8' | ||
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari | Concertino in A-flat, op. 34 | 1947 | orchestra | 27’ | Leuckart; Peters | CPO; Koch; Tactus (2x) |
Pavel Zemek | Serenade | 2004 | orchestra | |||
Richard Zettler | Concerto | 1966 | winds |
Composer | Title | Year | Other soloist(s) | Accompaniment | Length (min.) | Publisher | Record label |
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Kalevi Aho | Double Concerto | 2014 | harp | orchestra | 30' | Fennica Gehrman | |
Benjamin Ashkenazy | Izkor, in memoriam Glenn Gould, op. 9 | 1986 | piano | orchestra | Donemus | ||
Robert George Barrow | Sinfonia concertante | trumpet, double bass | orchestra | ||||
Stefano Bellon | Alfabeto deserto | 2006 | flute | orchestra | |||
Michael Berkeley | Tristessa | 2004 | viola | orchestra | 22' | OUP | Chandos |
John Biggs | Double Reed Concerto [13] | 2011 | oboe, bassoon | strings | |||
Victor Bruns | Concerto, op. 74 | 1982 | flute | strings, percussion | Breitkopf | ||
Diana Burrell | Dunkelhvide Månestråler | 1996 | contralto | orchestra | UMP | ||
Luigi Cherubini | Ave Maria: Offertorium | 1816 | soprano | orchestra | 5' | Fentone; Kalmus | 9+ recordings |
Aaron Copland | Quiet City | 1940 | trumpet | strings | 10' | Boosey & Hawks | 46+ recordings |
Lars Danielsson | Double Concerto | 2018 | double bass/cello | orchestra | 40' | ||
Jan van Dijk | Suite pastorale, op. 199 | 1953 | oboe | orchestra | Donemus | ||
Franco Donatoni | Holly | 1990 | oboe, oboe d'amore | orchestra | Ricordi | ||
Antal Dorati | Trittico | 1985 | oboe, oboe d'amore | orchestra | Decca | ||
Johannes Driessler | Concerto da camera I, op. 51 | 1962 | flute, violin | strings | Boosey & Hawks | ||
Roderick Elms | Cygncopations - Reverie et Danse | 2003 | vibraphone | orchestra | 7' | Dutton | |
Harold Farberman | Shapings | 1983 | percussion (2) | strings | Cortelu | ||
Josef Fiala | Concertante in B flat | 1780 | clarinet | orchestra | 20' | Musica Rara | Arte Nova |
Eugene Goossens | Concert piece op.65 [4] | 1958 | 2 harps | orchestra | Mills | ABC; Chandos | |
Percy Grainger | Colleen Dhas (The Valley Lay Smiling) | 1904 | flute, guitar | strings | 4' | Bardic | Cala; Chandos; Koch |
Jozef Gresak | Concertino pastorale | 1965 | oboe, horn | orchestra | |||
Gary Hayes | Serenade | 1984 | trumpet | strings | |||
Harald Heilmann | Gulbenkian-Concerto | 1974 | trombone | orchestra | FGC | ||
Lee Hoiby | Prayer and Procession | 2010 | flute, clarinet | wind ensemble | 24' | ||
Arthur Honegger | Concerto da camera, H 196 | 1948 | flute | strings | 17' | Salabert | 12+ recordings |
Alan Hovhaness | Anahid op.57 | 1944 | flute, trumpet | strings, percussion | 14' | Peters | Crystal |
Charles Ives | The Rainbow [lower-alpha 16] | 1914 | flute | strings, piano | 2' | Peer Music | EMI, Sony, Unicorn Kanchana |
Milko Kelemen | Interplay | 1998 | oboe, oboe d'amore | orchestra | Sikorski | ||
Miklos Kocsar | Episodi | 1982 | oboe | strings | 15' | Editio Musica | Hungaroton |
Karl Heinz Köper | Concertino Tricolore | 1974 | bass clarinet, bassoon | strings | 12' | Köper | |
David I. Krivitsky | Double concerto | 1989 | piccolo trumpet | strings | |||
Riccardo Malipiero | Composizione concertata | 1982 | oboe, oboe d'amore | strings | 14' | Suvini Zerboni | |
Ignaz? Malzat | Arietta e rondo | 1792 | English horn | orchestra | |||
Ignaz? Malzat | Variazione e cantabile | 1799 | bassoon | orchestra | |||
Clark McAlister | Elegia para Quijote y Quijana [14] | 1996 | double bass | winds | 21' | Maecenas | Albany |
Louis Moyse | Marlborian concerto No. 2 | 1969 | flute | orchestra | |||
Knut Nystedt | Concertino, op. 29 [7] | 1952 | clarinet | strings | 19' | NMIC | Norsk Komponist Forening |
Alessio Prati | Misero pargoletto (aria) | 1786 | alto | orchestra | |||
André Previn | Reflections | 1981 | cello | orchestra | 13' | Chester | Angel |
Augusto B. Rattenbach | Doppio concerto | 1969 | clarinet | orchestra | |||
João Guilherme Ripper | Abertura Concertante | 1999 | oboe | orchestra | |||
Irving Robbin | Concerto for oboes and strings | 1983 | oboe, oboe d'amore | strings | |||
Alec Roth | Departure of the Queen of Sheba | 1999 | oboe | strings | |||
Helmut Sadler | Dialog-Szenen | oboe | strings | 20' | Latzina | ||
Nicola Scardicchio | Kemit, canti e danze del giovane Horus | 2002 | soprano, viola | orchestra | Latzina | ||
Othmar Schoeck | Serenade, op. 27 | 1930 | oboe | strings | 5' | Breitkopf & Härtel | CPO |
Max Schubel | Elation "Uniesienie" | 2002 | voice, cello | orchestra | 8' | Opus One | |
Max Schubel | Aquirelle | 2003 | cello | orchestra | 13' | Opus One | |
Rodion Shchedrin | Shepherd's Pipes of Vologda (Hommage to Bartók), op. 91 | 1995 | oboe, horn | strings | 8' | Schott | |
Heinrich Simbriger | Elegie, op. 94 | 1963 | violin | strings | 12' | ||
Robert Starer | Concerto a quattro | 1983 | oboe, clarinet, bassoon | orchestra | 22' | MCA | MMC |
Clive Strutt | Suite in G minor after Loeillet | 1996 | oboe | strings, harpsichord | 22' | SMC | |
Gleb Taranov | Concerto piccolo | 1937 | flute, bassoon | strings | |||
Ivan Tcherepnin | Triple Concertino [5] | 1997 | trombone, contrabass clarinet | winds | 13' | ||
Francis Thorne | Triple Concerto | 2004 | bass clarinet, viola | orchestra | 23' | Presser | |
František Xaver Thuri | Triple Concerto in D-major | 2005 | oboe, oboe d'amore | strings, harpsichord | Thuri | ||
Tôn-Thât Tiêt | Hy Vong 14 | 1971 | harpsichord | strings | 15' | Salabert | |
Michael Touchi | Tango Barroco | 2000 | soprano saxophone | strings | 16' | JDA | |
Eugenio Toussaint | Gauguin | 2000 | harp | strings | 20' | Urtext | |
John Veale | Triune | 1993 | oboe | orchestra | 14' | Lengnick | |
Mathieu Vibert | Nocturne | 1973 | oboe | orchestra | 15' | Doron | |
Graham Whettam | Les Roseaux Au Vent | 1993 | 2 oboes, bassoon | strings | 17' | Meriden | |
Isang Yun | Duetto concertante | 1987 | oboe | strings | 18' | Bote & Bock |
The oboe is a type of double reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites. The most common oboe plays in the treble or soprano range.
A concerto is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typical three-movement structure, a slow movement preceded and followed by fast movements, became a standard from the early 18th century.
The cor anglais, or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto oboe in F.
The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721. The original French title is Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments, meaning "Six Concertos for several instruments". Some of them feature several solo instruments in combination. They are widely regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque era.
Sinfonia concertante is an orchestral work, normally in several movements, in which one or more solo instruments contrast with the full orchestra. It emerged as a musical form during the Classical period of Western music from the Baroque concerto grosso. Sinfonia concertante encompasses the symphony and the concerto genres, a concerto in that soloists are on prominent display, and a symphony in that the soloists are nonetheless discernibly a part of the total ensemble and not preeminent. Sinfonia concertante is the ancestor of the double and triple concerti of the Romantic period corresponding approximately to the 19th century.
The bass oboe or baritone oboe is a double reed instrument in the woodwind family. It is essentially twice the size of a regular (soprano) oboe so it sounds an octave lower which is why it's sometimes called a true tenor oboe; it has a deep, full tone somewhat akin to that of its higher-pitched cousin, the English horn. The bass oboe is notated in the treble clef, sounding one octave lower than written. Its lowest note is B2 (in scientific pitch notation), one octave and a semitone below middle C, although an extension w/ an additional key may be inserted between the lower joint and bell of the instrument in order to produce a low B♭2. The instrument's bocal or crook first curves away from and then toward the player (unlike the bocal/crook of the English horn and oboe d'amore), looking rather like a flattened metal question mark; another crook design resembles the shape of a bass clarinet neckpiece. The bass oboe uses its own double reed, similar to but larger than that of the English horn.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 (271k), was composed in the spring or summer of 1777, for the oboist Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1802) from Bergamo. In 1778, Mozart re-worked it as a concerto for flute in D major. The concerto is a widely studied piece for both instruments and is one of the most important concertos in the oboe repertoire.
Albrecht Mayer is a German classical oboist and conductor. The principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic, he is internationally known as a soloist and chamber musician and has made many recordings.
Jiří Družecký was a Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist.
The Strathclyde Concertos are a series of ten orchestral works by the English composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
David Reichenberg was an American oboist and a highly respected specialist on the baroque oboe. He was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa and learnt the flute, violin, and piano as a child. He began his oboe studies with Dr. Myron E. Russell of the University of Northern Iowa. Beginning in 1969, Reichenberg studied at the Indiana University School of Music, continuing his oboe studies with Jerry Sirucek, former oboist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Graduating in 1972, Reichenberg moved to Salzburg, where he attended the Mozarteum. It was in Salzburg that Reichenberg met Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director of Concentus Musicus Wien. Reichenberg became increasingly interested in playing the oboe's repertoire on the instrument for which it had been written and, with the assistance of Harnoncourt, moved to Vienna in order to study baroque oboe with Jürg Schäftlein. He simultaneously studied oboe making with Paul Hailperin, building the instrument upon which he played for four years. Reichenberg took part in many concerts and recordings with Concentus Musicus, and gradually increased his activities with that group.
Paul Angerer was an Austrian violist, conductor, composer and radio presenter.
An oboe quintet is a chamber music group of five individuals led by an oboist, or music written for this ensemble.
A double concerto is a concerto featuring two performers—as opposed to the usual single performer, in the solo role. The two performers' instruments may be of the same type, as in Bach's Double Violin Concerto, or different, as in Brahms's Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra.
Jean François Toussaint Rogister was a Belgian virtuoso violist, teacher and composer.
Ivan Fedele is an Italian composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory.
The Oboe Concerto is a concerto for oboe and orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra and completed in 2004. The piece premiered in 2009 with oboist Basil Reeve and the Minnesota Orchestra performing under conductor Osmo Vanska.
The Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra is a composition for oboe solo and orchestra by the American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. The work was commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra in honor of their principal oboist John Mack's 25th year with the orchestra. It was first performed by Mack and the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Christoph von Dohnányi on January 17, 1991. The piece is dedicated "with affection" to John Mack.